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The Pungent Origin Story Of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos

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Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
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Murasaki Shikibu

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Murasaki Shikibu (c. 970s-1014?) "As far as I can see, halfhearted refuge in religion is more likely to get you lost in an evil rebirth...

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Who Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

Balthild: The Anglo-Saxon Queen of the Franks

The Opportunistic Italian Rebellion Against The Newly Crowned And Besieged Emperor Leo III Of Constantinople

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

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In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Godfrey And His Controversial Prince of Parthia—The First Play Written And Performed In America

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The Tale Of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela—The Darkest Story In Greek Mythology

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According to ancient Greek myth and legend, a man named Tereus was once the ruler of a powerful Thracian kingdom. He was a mighty...

Eurybates And Talthybios Bringing Briseis To Agamemnon, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

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Confucius

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  Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE) "High office filled by men of narrow views, ritual performed without reverence, the forms of mourning observed without grief - these...

The Bizarre Way The Norwegian Earl Sigurd Of Orkney Supposedly Died

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  History about the Nordic settlement of British islands, such as the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands and the Hebrides, is dubious at best, even...

Lucan

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Lucan (c. 39-65) "The name of peace is luring us to our doom. The nations would not mine iron from pits whose depths plunge ever deeper, nor...

Cassius Dio

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Cassius Dio (Roman politician and historian, 163-235) "Immortality is a state which it is not in our power to possess, but by living nobly and...

King Agesilaus II

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  King Agesilaus II (r. 400-360 BCE) "Cities shouldn't be fortified with stones or timbers, but with the valour of their inhabitants."  Quote attributed to King...

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